Remember what I was saying a few days ago about all the lovely courthouses out here? Well, welcome to another one of them. This particular town holds a special place in Louisiana. Beginning in the 1750's, French Acadians, kicked out of Canada, began making their way to the area and settling. Thanks to linguistic drift, … Continue reading 297. St. Martinville, Saint Martin Parish (LA41) →

Remember all that stuff I was saying a couple of days ago about handsome courthouses? Well... Not everywhere is going to win that one. This is especially tragic in this case because it's right around the corner from the previous courthouse... ...which now serves as City Hall. I understand the need for innovation and progress, … Continue reading 296. Placquemine, Iberville Parish (LA40) →

A lovely building, if I do say so myself. I do feel a certain sadness for it though. Much like Austin, this could never be the center of political life here while it shares a downtown with... Welcome folks to the Louisiana State Capitol Building. I feel I have to give credit to this magnificent … Continue reading 295. Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish (LA39) →

You know something? I mock Louisiana a little bit, primarily because I'm from Texas and that's one of the things we do to places that aren't Texas (and even to places that are Texas because, well, Bronze Age Greece), but, with few exceptions, they definitely earn praise in the courthouse department. This is another lovely … Continue reading 294. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish (LA38) →

So yesterday I got all personal about me, which is not my normal modus operandi. I am usually a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, and smothered in secret sauce. I blame that Geocacher Ken guy. But that is not why you all read this. You read this for the geocaching and the … Continue reading Getting To Know All About You… →

So, a certain other geocaching blogger, a certain Geocacher Ken, asked (one might even say challenged) a bunch of other bloggers to participate in something called, aptly enough, the Get To Know Me Challenge (or, as the hashtag states, #gettoknowme, if you're into that entire Twitter thing). On one level, I think that the visibility … Continue reading And Now For Something Completely Different… →

I was still stuffing chicken cracklins in my face when I got here. A glorious example of art deco, I wish the place had been open. I don't usually feel a need to go inside (though, if I was doing this full time, I probably would spend some time photographing interiors at some locations), but … Continue reading 293. Opelousas, Saint Landry Parish (LA37) →

I ended up taking a small detour on the way here because I'm a sucker for a tank... I found this out in the back of beyond and stopped to take a look. Yes, it's only a Sherman and there are a lot of these and other decommissioned hardware at similar places, but sometimes you … Continue reading 292. Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish (LA36) →

My only regret here is that I could not capture the tower/dome thingie very well. That said, I don't see any other photographs that do a very good job of capturing it either, so I don't feel too bad about it. As for the dais here, I'm not entirely sure if it's a recent thing, … Continue reading 291. Crowley, Acadia Parish (LA35) →

I swung by the courthouse the night I arrived and I thought it was illuminated enough for a photograph so I took it. Looking back, it's not the best, but it'll do. It's suitably functional, too, so I don't exactly feel that a lot of interesting detail or a sweeping sense of beauty is lost. … Continue reading 290. Lafayette, Lafayette Parish (LA34) →